2019 VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch
Community Tasting Note
Mark1npt Likes this wine:
97 Points
Monday, April 8, 2024 - 2nd bottle of a 3 pack directly from the winery. Full decant for 5 hours before going back into the bottle to the restaurant where the stopper was removed and we enjoyed it over 2-3 hours with Mary.
At the pnp into the decanter this was tart and red fruited. Slightly tannic and very, very young.
5-6 hours of air and almost every bit of tart red fruit leaves, the tannins quiet, the wine fills out/puts on weight and the wine really develops that classic VHR nose and palate which gives you just a taste of what this wine will become over the next decade. 96-97 tonight with 2 points of upside at least going forward.......paired very well with an Osso Buco ravioli in a black truffle cream sauce.
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Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
4/9/2024 3:28:00 AM - Red and tart made me worried, but I am glad it came around.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/9/2024 5:51:00 AM - No worries, DQ. This wine is beautiful. It just needs 6 hours of air right now. You have the 3rd bottle from this case and I have another 3 pack, too. Awesome wine. You will love it. Very classy.
Comment posted by AGELVIS:
4/9/2024 6:16:00 AM - Yummy!!!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/9/2024 6:21:00 AM - Hours 6 and 7 may have been the best, J! I sure hope people are giving this beauty enough air right now.....
Comment posted by AGELVIS:
4/9/2024 6:32:00 AM - I’ll make sure I give it a long decant.
Comment posted by TXRDW:
4/9/2024 9:02:00 AM - Great note! …and great potential over the coming years. Such a fun wine!
Comment posted by macaujames:
4/9/2024 9:44:00 AM - I have never had a wine which I have rated more than 96. I am a little jealous. What could I get in Bdx to get a 97 pointer?
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/9/2024 10:07:00 AM - Thanks, Rob! It is such a nice wine.......glad we have more for the future.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/9/2024 10:09:00 AM - James.......probably hard to get on a trip to Napa these days as nobody is serving aged wines or has the newbies decanted long enough, generally. There will be lots of 92-95 pointers though!
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
4/10/2024 5:16:00 AM - James—if you are asking what in Bordeaux is that good? Some recents for me the I score around the same ‘98 Angelus, ‘96 Cos d Edtornal.
You can’t open a BDX ‘19 and have it drinking like an enjoyable ‘97 right now IMO, so you would have to find something that has aged to perfection.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/10/2024 5:23:00 AM - Yes, sorry James. I misread your note as Napa. DQ is correct in her recommendations! Those Bdx are so nice!
Comment posted by MJP Hou TX:
4/10/2024 5:28:00 AM - Once you get around to trying 2021 I'll be very curious to see what you think.
Great note on 19!
Comment posted by michigan dogs:
4/10/2024 6:10:00 AM - nice note you got me excited since I have 2 bottles I never know when to open my great bottles-it seems like you have to have the perfect situation . Now if you come to Michigan that may qualify as a perfect time.. Hope you are well'
Comment posted by macaujames:
4/10/2024 6:27:00 AM - Good ideas. 98 Angelus, 96 Cos d'Estournel. What about the Pontet Canet 2019? I am going to Bordeaux tmw. Going to the Vinotheque!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/10/2024 6:42:00 AM - MJP, thanks! I have but one bottle of the '21 in the cellar and the window starts in '29 which means I'll finally be drinking it in '27! May have to come to TX to get more!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/10/2024 6:43:00 AM - Mdogs, thanks! Doing well down here and it seems anymore I rarely get North of ATL or DEN! Not sure why? Will let you know if we do it this summer....all the best.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/10/2024 6:46:00 AM - james...the '19 PC was a 96 for me a year ago, but DQ was set to strangle me for opening one........if in France you may be safe, away from her long arms, lol. Recent posters are still giving it 96 and 97.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
4/10/2024 9:06:00 AM - I also scored the PC ‘19 quite well, but if you want a transcendental Bordeaux experience, you need to be more patient.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/10/2024 9:09:00 AM - Sound words, DQ....you can't possibly get 'transcendental' with a young Bdx!